Hywel Dda UHB awarded ‘Carer Confident’ status
HYWEL Dda University Health Board has been recognised for its support towards staff who have caring duties outside the workplace. The heath board recently achieved the Carer Confident Level 2 Accomplished benchmark in the Carers Wales Employers for Carers scheme, in recognition of the help and support to…
Designated birth partners now allowed to be present during hospital appointments
Hywel Dda University Health Board is pleased to share that from Wednesday 1 June, changes are being made to maternity inpatient visiting rules, enabling a designated birth partner to be present during hospital appointments. The changes announced today will enable…
Police appeal for information following assault outside Met Bar
Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for information over an assault that left a man requiring hospital treatment in Llanelli. The man was assaulted outside the Met Bar, in Llanelli, at around 3am on Sunday, 8 May, when he was knocked to…
Carmarthen’s Jess Roberts joins world’s top cyclists in line-up for Women’s Tour 2022
FORMER British road race champion and Carmarthenshire’s very own Jess Roberts will be on the starting blocks of this year’s Women’s Tour. She will be joining some of the world’s most talented riders in the eighth edition of Britain’s leading…
Health Board staff honoured in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Two remarkable members of Hywel Dda University Health Board staff have made the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to health and well-being during COVID-19. Mandy Davies, Assistant Director of Nursing and Quality Improvement and Suzanne Tarrant Consultant Clinical Psychologist…
Nia Griffith MP among a number of Welsh people honoured in HM The Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours
Nia Griffith MP has been made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in Her Majesty The Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List. The list has been announced on the eve of the Platinum Jubilee weekend and comes two…
Have your say on changes to the Mental Health Capacity Act
The Welsh Government is consulting on changes to the Mental Health Capacity Act and how they will be applied. The consultation is due to close on Thursday 7 July, with a date for implementation to be set following consultation. The Act…
New retail development planned for Ammanford
A NEW Aldi and Greggs are among the companies said to be interested in a new development planned in Carmarthenshire. Family-run building firm TRJ Ltd wants to redevelop its yard at Betws Industrial Park, Foundry Road, Ammanford, into a new…
Much of Swansea’s black bag waste now ends up in Bedfordshire
MUCH of Swansea’s black bag waste now ends up more than 200 miles away in Bedfordshire, which hasn’t gone down well with campaigners in the English county. Swansea Council stopped burying black bag waste at the city’s Tir John landfill…
Bouygues UK’s Pentre Awel ‘Meet the Buyer’ event hailed as success
Construction businesses from around South Wales attended Bouygues UK’s first ‘Meet the Buyer’ event to discuss the opportunity to work on zone one of the landmark Pentre Awel development in Llanelli. More than 100 local businesses attended the event…